The director of the junior segment offers up her insightful perspectives on where the kids’ business is today and how the company is navigating fast-evolving trends.
Interviews
Narrative Entertainment’s Francesca Newington
February 24, 2023
The director of POP Channels talks about bringing top-tier programming to the POP channels and platforms and keeping those brands in pole position.
CAKE’s Bianca Rodriguez
January 20, 2023
The head of sales talks about how the London-based distribution and production outfit is driving new windowing strategies in the ever-changing kids’ media ecosystem.
Hop!’s Sharon Moverman
January 13, 2023
The VP of acquisitions and international operations at Hop! Media Group talks about the brand values guiding her acquisitions strategy and the importance of having full rights and exclusivity.
Sensical’s Bethany Boles
December 23, 2022
The head of programming talks about the approach to acquisitions and the importance of having enough diverse quality content.
Paramount’s Layla Lewis
December 16, 2022
The senior VP of global acquisitions and content partnerships for the kids and family group on using the filter of a kid’s point of view to guide programming decisions across multiple platforms.
The Jim Henson Company’s Halle Stanford
December 9, 2022
The president of television discusses how the company is delivering on passion points of education, the environment, world peace and the arts through programming that young ones and families can bond over together.
Lupita Nyong’o
November 18, 2022
The actress, activist and children’s author talks about her involvement with Super Sema, which went into its second season on YouTube this summer.
ACTF’s Jenny Buckland
November 11, 2022
The CEO of the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) discusses how the foundation has grown over the past 40 years, what it is up to now and the value it provides to the Australian industry.
Super RTL’s Thorsten Braun
October 27, 2022
Super RTL CEO Thorsten Braun on the benefits of being wholly owned by RTL Group since early 2021, emerging opportunities on platforms like TikTok and Roblox and the importance of the company’s prosocial initiatives.